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View Poll Results: Yes or No?
Yes 19 46.34%
No 22 53.66%
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Old 07-14-2008, 01:59 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Yes or No?

Which are you more inclined to pick? Yes or no?

I don't know if anything can be said of a person who picks one over the other based JUST on this poll but I'm sure it could be equated somehow to optimism vs. pessimism, glass half full vs. glass half empty, etc.

So, if given the options of Yes or No, which feels more natural to select and why do you think you picked the one you did? I realize that it depends on the question being asked, but in this case the question is simply "Yes or No?"

I went with Yes. I think in general I am optimistic so maybe that has something to do with it.

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Old 07-14-2008, 02:01 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I picked yes. Not sure if it's because of optimism, or vanity (it does look more like my username), or because it's simply the first and top choice.

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Old 07-14-2008, 02:11 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 07-14-2008, 02:29 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I'm voting for Yes. Like some, I don't know why, it could possibly due to being an optimist.



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Old 07-14-2008, 04:12 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Yes, mainly because what ysabel said that it was the first option.
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Old 07-14-2008, 04:12 AM   #6 (permalink)
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I went for No.

Why? I generally say no more than yes.

If anyone asks me a question or offers me something I usually say 'no thanks'. If I would like a drink I'd ask for one, I don't feel the need to be continually offered, if I want a credit-card I shall goto a bank I don't need to be sold one. So yeah I find I say No more times than I say Yes.

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Old 07-14-2008, 06:16 AM   #7 (permalink)
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If anyone asks me a question or offers me something I usually say 'no thanks'. If I would like a drink I'd ask for one, I don't feel the need to be continually offered, if I want a credit-card I shall goto a bank I don't need to be sold one. So yeah I find I say No more times than I say Yes.
Hm, that's awfully snobby.

I chose 'yes' but I think that's because it was the first option.
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Old 07-14-2008, 06:34 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Growing up in the 80's and early 90's the big campaign was "Just say no." So in honor of Nancy Regan and her campaign once again I said yes.

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Old 07-14-2008, 06:43 AM   #9 (permalink)
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I pick 'no,' but not for any specific reason. I just felt like that was the answer I wanted to pick this morning.
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Old 07-15-2008, 08:45 AM   #10 (permalink)
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I chose no because I've always considered it to be the stronger word. It's a lot more difficult to say "no" than it is to say "yes".

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